Only 5% of our 70,000 daily thoughts are conscious and influenced by willpower. Our hunger, satiety and habits operates out of our non-conscious mental pathways.

Willpower can't force subconscious abilities. If it can't make our left hands write proficiently, neither can it force us to adopt a healthy lifestyle consistently.

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Willpower should be used to correct our automatic mental pathways. Such changes reduces negative thinking about weight loss and fitness and triggers the other 4 Forces in our arsenal. (Elements of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy).

WILL POWER

5% OF ICE ON THE SURFACE (CONSCIOUS BRAIN ACTIVITY)

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95% OF THE SUBMERGED ICE (UNCONSCIOUS BRAIN ACTIVITY)

“An enormous portion of cognitive activity is non-conscious, figuratively speaking, it could be 95% ; we probably will never know precisely how much is outside awareness.”